How do I get these charges removed from my summary sheet?
Asked on Jul 06th, 2015 on Criminal Law - Pennsylvania
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My county court of common pleas court summary sheet is currently 11 pages long, even though my county case is closed and they ended up only charging my with 6 charges but 100+were all withdrawn or disposed of. The arrest date for the county case was 1/29/2013. I completed my sentencing of probation and the case is closed. I now have two open cases that I am dealing with. I don’t want the judge to see an 11 page summary sheet and jump to a negative conclusion about me. I’m facing a felony charge in one of the cases and I could use all the advice I can get. At this point, I have a court appointed attorney who insists that I don’t need to hire an attorney, and for all I know she could be a great attorney. I haven’t been able to talk to her about my case and I’ve gotten two continuances for it already. My second open case is another possession charge which I just went to court for on 6/29. They gave me a trial date of 6/17. I have a public defender representing me for that case which I have not spoken to yet. If I get an attorney, will they be able to represent me for all of these issues; county expungement, my two open cases and my warrant in another state? I don’t have an income at this point in time and am trying to find an attorney who would be willing to do pro bono work. But obviously if someone isn’t getting paid, they aren’t going to work as hard for you. I don’t know what to do.
If you were convicted of misdemeanors and/or felonies, you cannot expunge them. You probably can expunge the counts you were not convicted of. I say "probably" as you would file a partial expngement petition and the DA may object. The total expungement process can take 9-15 months for the records to be removed which sounds like too long of a wait for you.
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